JPH097714A - Connector mounting method and electronic device according to the method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A dedicated tool for inserting and removing connector cables, etc., and operating latches and the like to prevent disconnection when multiple connectors are concentrated in one place and are also arranged vertically and horizontally. A connector mounting method that can be performed without the use of the connector, and an electronic device according to the method. A connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors (1) to (4) on a printed circuit board (100) or a housing panel, wherein the connectors are arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connectors and the first column is arranged. A second column is provided in parallel with the first column and in a column state along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the connector is arranged at an odd number in the first column. Further, the connectors are arranged at even-numbered positions in the second column and arranged in a substantially zigzag pattern.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a panel of various electronic devices, and an electronic device using the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a plurality of various or similar connectors are mounted adjacent to each other on a printed circuit board or a rear panel of an electronic device, the layout of the connected device and the efficiency of the mounting space are taken into consideration. It is often practiced to concentrate the connectors in one place and arrange a plurality of connectors in a straight line.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when a plurality of connectors are mounted centrally at one place and are also mounted side by side in a straight line, they are mounted without gaps between them. It may not be possible to secure sufficient space to hold the cable connector when attaching or detaching the connector cable, or to secure a sufficient space to operate the latch to prevent disconnection. There was a problem that it became difficult to do. Therefore, when the mounting density of the connectors is high, it has been partially put into practical use to use a dedicated tool for attaching / detaching the cable or operating the latch, but it is not for general users.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in the case where a plurality of connectors are concentrated in one place and are also arranged vertically and horizontally, the insertion and removal of connector cables, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a connector mounting method and an electronic device by the method that can operate latches and the like for prevention without a dedicated tool.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, according to the present invention, there is provided a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel. A first column is provided so as to be arranged in a column so as to extend along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the first column is also provided.
Second column is provided in parallel with the longitudinal column of the connector and arranged in a longitudinal state along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the connector is disposed at an odd number in the first column, and the second column It is characterized in that the above-mentioned connectors are arranged in even-numbered positions, and the connectors are arranged in a substantially zigzag pattern.

Further, in the connector mounting method, a margin range for inserting the mating connector is provided around the mounting portion of the connector on the printed circuit board or the housing panel.

Further, in the connector mounting method, connectors having a shape different from that of the connector are arranged in either or both of the first column and the second column.

[0008] A connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, wherein the connectors are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the connectors with height differences. I am trying.

In addition, in a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, a plurality of connectors are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the connectors with height differences. It is characterized by that.

An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the first column being arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connector. A second column arranged in parallel with the first column and arranged in a column state along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the connector arranged at an odd number in the first column, Further, by disposing the connectors at even-numbered positions in the second column,
The feature is that they are arranged in a substantially zigzag pattern.

Further, the electronic device is characterized in that a margin range for inserting a mating connector is provided around the connector on a printed circuit board or a housing panel on which the connector is mounted.

Further, the electronic device is characterized in that connectors having a shape different from that of the connector are arranged on the first column and the second column.

An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the electronic devices being arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connectors and having a height It is characterized by making a difference. An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the plurality of connectors being arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the connector, It is characterized by making a difference in height.

[0014]

With the above construction, for example, a sufficient space for holding the cable connector at the time of attaching / detaching the connector cable is secured, or a space for the latch operation is secured to facilitate the attaching / detaching operation, and the most space-efficient connector mounting. Work to enable.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Embodiment 1] First, FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a connector mounting method according to a first embodiment, in which a printer board 100 having a plurality of flexible connectors mounted (however, the outline is not shown). It is the figure which looked at from above.

In the figure, the Dip type flexible cable connectors 1 and 2 are arranged in series as shown, while the surface mount type flexible cable connectors 3 and 4 are arranged.
Are arranged in columns as shown in the drawing, and are arranged in two rows along the longitudinal direction of each connector. Further, although not shown, it is also possible to provide three, four or more rows side by side.

Between the respective connectors arranged as described above, empty spaces 5, 6, 7, and 8 are provided in a zigzag manner by the broken lines and the hatching in the drawing.
By arranging as described above, when the mounting position of the connector 1 is determined to be at this position due to some limitation, when the connector 2 is mounted adjacent to the connector 1, the connector 1 An empty space 6 corresponding to the width dimension a in the longitudinal direction of the connector 2 is provided from the shorter side to the longitudinal direction.

An empty space 5 corresponding to the width dimension b of the connector 2 in the lateral direction is provided in the lateral direction from the longitudinal direction of the connector 1. In this way, the connector 2 has an empty space 5
And 6 are arranged on the diagonal of the connector 1 avoiding them.

The mounting position of the connector 3 is mounted at a distance c from the other connector in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction in consideration of the mounting tolerance and the component tolerance. Therefore, an empty space 7 corresponding to the width dimension d in the longitudinal direction of the connector 3 is provided at a distance c from the lateral side of the connector 2 in the longitudinal direction. Further, the width dimension e of the connector 3 in the lateral direction is separated from the longitudinal direction of the connector 2 by a distance c in the lateral direction.
A free space 6 is provided. In this way, the connector 3 is arranged on the diagonal line of the connector 2 avoiding the empty spaces 6 and 7.

By mounting each connector as described above, it is possible to secure a sufficient space for gripping the cable connector when the connector cable is attached / detached, and also to secure a latch operation space for preventing the connector from being detached. The operation can be facilitated.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the back panel of the information equipment in which a plurality of connectors are mounted as seen from above. In this figure, trapezoidal type connectors 10 and 11 typified by D-SUB connectors are arranged through an empty space 20 as shown in the figure, and a connector 10 of a size shown by a dashed line in the figure. , 11, the cable connectors to be attached are detachable. Also, the same D as the connector 10
-A trapezoidal type connector 13 represented by a SUB connector, in which a cable-to-be-attached connector having a size shown by a dashed line in the figure is provided adjacent to the short piece of the empty space 20.

On the other hand, a circular connector 12 such as a keyboard connector and a modular jack connector 14 for telephone lines.
And the AC outlet connector 16 are vacant spaces 17, 18, 19, indicated by broken lines and broken lines in the drawing.
21 and 22 are provided around the periphery and mounted. Also,
Vacant spaces 17, 20 related to the above connector 10
When calculating, the outer shape 11 of the cable connector attached to the connector 10 is considered as the outer shape of the connector. Further, when the connector is not rectangular like the connector 12, the outer shape is the smallest rectangle 23 (indicated by a chain line in the figure) into which the mating connector can be inserted.

Referring to FIG. 2, a method of determining the arrangement position of each connector on the back panel 200 will be described.
First, an empty space corresponding to the width of the connector 13 in the longitudinal direction is determined from the shorter side of the cable connector outer shape 11 to the longitudinal direction. Then, an empty space corresponding to the width of the connector 13 in the longitudinal direction is determined from the shorter side of the connector 12 in the longitudinal direction, and an empty space 17 including both is secured.

Similarly, the empty space 18 has an outer shape 23.
And the line extended in the lateral direction of the connector 16 and the line extended in the longitudinal direction of the outer shape 13 and the connector 14 are determined as an overlapping portion. In this way, each empty space 1
9, 20, 21, and 22 are calculated to obtain the connector mounting arrangement shown in FIG.

[Second Embodiment] A configuration example according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

First, a plan view of FIG. 3 (a) and FIG. 3 (b).
In the front view, the housing connector 31 on the board side of the flat ribbon cable used for the internal cable of the information equipment and the housing connectors 32, 33, 34 of the flat ribbon cable whose heights are different from those of the adjacent connectors are shown on the board. It is provided on 35.

The respective connectors 31 to 34 have different heights from the substrate 35 as shown in the drawing, and are provided as housing connectors for these, and are configured to accommodate and connect the connectors on the cable side. ing. That is, four flat ribbon cable connectors are linearly arranged in a row.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 4, with respect to the connector arranged as described above, the connector 36 on the cable side is provided.
To 39 are inserted. Thus, in the case shown in FIG. 3, no empty space is provided in the lateral direction of the connector 31, but in such a case, the connector 3
For connectors 1 and 32, mount connectors with different heights. Similarly, there is no empty space in the lateral direction of the connectors 32 and 33, but in this case as well, the connectors 32 and 33 having different heights are mounted.

By arranging as described above, the space for holding the connectors 36 to 39 on the cable side can be secured.

Next, FIG. 5 is a plan view (a) and a front view (b) showing the case where the connectors are arranged in a straight line in the longitudinal direction, and is a housing connector on the board side of a tape-shaped flexible cable. 40, 41, 42 are substrates 43
It is shown mounted on top and also cites a cable latch, and also shows that each connector is provided with cable latch portions 40a, 41a, 42a at the positions shown. There is.

The cable is fixed to the connector by pushing down each of these cable latches. Further, when removing the cable, the connection is released by pulling the cable latch portions 40a, 41a, 42a upward.

As shown in the figure, the connectors 41 and 42 are constructed as a housing connector of a flexible cable having a height different from that of the adjacent connectors, and are constructed in substantially the same manner as the connector 40. Each of the above connectors is shown in FIG.
Flexible cables 44, 45, and 46 attached to the respective connectors shown in are detachably provided.

Further referring to the front view of FIG. 6 in FIG. 5, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the respective cable latches are lowered, and an empty space is provided in the longitudinal direction of the connector 40 as shown. Not not. In such a case, in the connectors 40 and 41, the latch operation parts 40a and 41a having different heights are mounted respectively. That is, the height relationship is such that the latch operation portions do not overlap each other in the state where the latch portions are lowered or the state where the latch portions are raised. Similarly, since there is no empty space in the longitudinal direction of the connector 41, the connector 41
At 42 and 42, connectors with different heights are mounted as shown.

By mounting and arranging as described above, the latch operating portion can be operated, and the flexible cable can be freely attached and detached.

Finally, FIG. 7 is a plan view (a) and a front view (b) showing a state in which three flexible cable connectors are arranged in a row and the cable latch is raised. Further, in FIG. 8, the flexible cables 53 and 54 are inserted into the two connectors 50 and 51 shown in FIG.
It is the front view which looked at the state where the cable latches 50a and 51a of 0 and 51 were lowered.

In both figures, the connector 5 is mounted on the substrate 55.
Although 0, 51, and 52 are mounted, no empty space is provided in the lateral direction of the connector 50 as illustrated. In such a case, the connectors 50 and 51 are mounted with connectors having different heights of the latch operation portion. Therefore,
By mounting in this way, it is possible to prevent the latch operations from overlapping with each other even when the latch is in the raised state or the latch is in the lowered state. Similarly, no empty space is provided in the lateral direction of the connector 51, but by mounting connectors of different heights on the connectors 51 and 52, mutual latching operations can be prevented.

As described above, according to each embodiment,
It is possible to mount a connector with high space efficiency while securing a space for attaching and detaching a plurality of connectors to and from a cable and operating a cable latch.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A connector mounting method that allows you to insert and remove connector cables, etc. and operate latches etc. to prevent disconnection without using a special tool when multiple connectors are concentrated in one place and are arranged side by side vertically and horizontally. Also, an electronic device according to the method can be provided.

[0039]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a printed circuit board, on which a plurality of flexible connectors are mounted, according to a first embodiment, viewed from above.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a modification of FIG. 1 in which a plurality of connectors are mounted on a back panel of an information device, as viewed from above.

FIG. 3A is a plan view of a flat ribbon cable connector according to a second embodiment mounted on a substrate. (B) It is the front view which mounted the flat ribbon cable connector which concerns on 2nd Example on the board | substrate.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where the cable side connector shown in FIG. 3 is inserted.

FIG. 5A is a plan view of a flexible cable connector mounted on a substrate. (B) It is a front view which mounted the flexible cable connector on the board | substrate.

[Fig. 6] Insert the cable side connector shown in Fig. 5,
It is the front view which looked at the state after setting each cable latch.

FIG. 7A is a plan view showing a state in which flexible cable connectors are arranged in a row and mounted on a substrate. FIG. 6B is a front view showing a state in which the flexible cable connectors are arranged in a row and mounted on the substrate.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state where a flexible cable is inserted into the two connectors of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 to 4 flexible cable connector 5 to 8 empty space 12 circular connector 14 modular jack connector for telephone wire 16 AC outlet connector 31 to 34 housing connector 35 board 40 to 42 housing connector 40a to 42a cable latch portion 50 to 52 flexible cable connector

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, wherein the connectors are arranged in a column so as to extend along a longitudinal direction of the connectors, and a first column is provided. In addition, a second column is provided in parallel with the first column so as to be along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the connector is disposed at an odd number in the first column, A connector mounting method, characterized in that the connectors are arranged at even-numbered positions in the second column, and the connectors are arranged in a substantially zigzag manner. 2. The connector mounting method according to claim 1, wherein a margin range for inserting the mating connector is provided around the mounting portion of the connector on the printed circuit board or the housing panel. 3. A connector having a shape different from that of the connector is provided in either or both of the first vertical column and the second vertical column. Connector mounting method described. 4. A connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, wherein the connectors are arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connectors with height differences. And connector mounting method. 5. A connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, wherein a plurality of connectors are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the connectors with height differences. A connector mounting method characterized by the above. 6. An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the first column being arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connector. A second column arranged in parallel with the first column and arranged in a column state along the longitudinal direction of the connector, and the connector arranged at an odd number in the first column, An electronic device according to a connector mounting method, wherein the connectors are arranged in even numbers in the second column so as to be arranged in a substantially zigzag manner. 7. The connector according to claim 6, wherein a margin range for inserting the mating connector is provided around the connector on a printed circuit board or a housing panel on which the connector is mounted. Electronic device by mounting method. 8. The connector mounting method according to claim 6, wherein connectors having a shape different from that of the connector are arranged on the first column and the second column. By electronic devices. 9. An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the electronic devices being arranged in a column along the longitudinal direction of the connectors, An electronic device using a connector mounting method, which is characterized by providing height differences. 10. An electronic device according to a connector mounting method for mounting a plurality of connectors on a printed circuit board or a housing panel, the plurality of connectors being arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the connectors, An electronic device according to a connector mounting method, wherein the connector is provided with a height difference.